CITES Signed in 1973 and also known as the Washington Convention, the Convention on International Trade...
Natura 2000 To counter the ongoing decline of species in the wild and in natural habitats in the EU and to...
Federal Biological Diversity Programme Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. As species,...
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700...
Departmental research plan The research needs of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear...
Federal Biological Diversity Programme Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. As species,...
Germany’s Blue Belt Programme Germany’s waterways are to be restored to near-natural status. That is the aim of the Federal...
International Put together by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), this compilation on nature...
CITES Signed in 1973 and also known as the Washington Convention, the Convention on International Trade...
Natura 2000 To counter the ongoing decline of species in the wild and in natural habitats in the EU and to...
Our tasks Our responsibilities are laid down in the Act Establishing a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation...
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700...
Integrating biodiversity into sustainable production and consumption activities – The way forward for businesses Publication Policy Briefs • 2022 How can businesses promote sustainable consumption for biodiversity? This policy brief highlights key business activities and priority... more Policy Brief Integrating biodiversity – The way forward for businesses (pdf, 952.74 KB)
Integrating biodiversity into sustainable production and consumption activities – The way forward for policy makers Publication Policy Briefs • 2022 How can policy-makers integrate biodiversity into their sustainable consumption agendas? This policy brief recommends essential measures... more Policy Brief Integrating biodiversity – The way forward for policy makers (pdf, 956.21 KB)
Biodiversity and finance: Managing the double materiality Publication Leaflet • 2022 Economic activities are at the heart of biodiversity loss. At the same time, most economic sectors are heavily dependent on ecosystem... more Order Biodiversity and finance Managing the double materiality (pdf, 12.02 MB)
BfN Schriften 103 - Report on the international workshop “Capacity-Building for Biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe” - Results and Recommendations Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The aim of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for an exchange of ideas and experiences between representatives from governmental... more Skript103 (pdf, 520.65 KB)
BfN Schriften 43 - Managing Risks to Biodiversity and the Environment on the High Sea, Including Tools Such as Marine Protected Areas - Scientific Requirements and Legal Aspects - Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation was happy to host an expert workshop on “Managing risks to biodiversity and the environment on... more Skript43 (pdf, 1.91 MB)
NaBiV Heft 117: Threatened Biodiversity in the German North und Baltic Seas Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2012 The seas of Germany’s coasts are under pressure from human induced pollution and, increasingly, from direct human activities in the area... more Order
BfN Schriften 70 - Biodiversity and Tourism in the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Case of the natural and cultural heritage of Banska Stiavnica, Slovak Republic Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 In May 2000, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) accepted “the invitation to participate in... more Skript70 (pdf, 3.04 MB)
BfN Schriften 250 - Caring for Pollinators. Safeguarding agro-biodiversity and wild plant diversity Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 The present volume documents the current state of the work of the Pollinators Initiatives, gives recommendations and points out the need... more Skript250 (pdf, 10.64 MB)
BfN Schriften 60 - Biodiversity and Tourism in the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity: The Case of the Tayrona National Park, Colombia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 This document is the result of a workshop with experts and participants from different institutions to analyse the development of tourism... more Skript60 (pdf, 959.98 KB)
Tasks Page The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is the Federal Government’s scientific authority with responsibility for nature conservation... more